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Description of Handel's Messiah
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Oratorio, For full orchestra and chorus, 4 soloists, 3 parts (Prophecy, Birth Death, Ressurection) 53 sections, Includes: Recitative, Aria, and Choruses
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Well tempered Clavier
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Two books of preludes and fugues for the clavier composed in all the major/minor keys. by Bach
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Vivaldi Choral Works
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Gloria, Dixit Dominus
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How many brandenburg concerti did bach compose?
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6
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Handel's grand concerto
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Concerti Grossi
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Handel's dates
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1685-1759
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Vivaldi's example of program music
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Four seasons
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Opera by Rameau
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Les Indes galantes
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Purpose of Bachs contatas
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Music for church services.
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Corelli's only genre
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Instrumental
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How many concerti did Vivaldi compose
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over 500
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Program music
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instrumental work associated by the composer with an extra muscial idea or subject
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Pio Ospedella della pieta
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Orphanage in venice were Vivaldi was a teacher.
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Trio sonata
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Two violins and a Basso continuo (Cello or Bassoon, and a harpsichord)
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Name two Handel operas
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Giulio Cesare, Serse
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Bach Choral Works
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Wchet Auf, Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, St John/Matthew's Passion, Mass in B minor
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Handel's Burial Place
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Westminster Cathedral
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How many orchestral suites did bach compose?
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Four
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Premeired on the Thames river
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Music for the royal fireworks
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Thomaskirche
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Church in leipzig
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J.S. Bachs final Composition
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Art of the fugue
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Handel Oratorios
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Messiah, Saul
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Tragedie Lyrique by Rameau
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Castor Et Pollux
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The Harmonious Blacksmith
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Set of variations for keyboard based on a blacksmiths song
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Sonata Da Camera
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an instrumental suite consiting of an introductory free movement followed by 2-4 dances
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Bach's Dates
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1685-1750
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Vivaldi's Nickname
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The Red priest
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A work by bach to help intermediate organists how to play
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Orgelbuchlein
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A work by Bach which borrows German Lutheran chorale tunes.
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Serse
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Who was a major influence on Rameau's operatic style, and how do Rameaus opera reflect this influence?
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Lully, He would take one of his operas and re work it.
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What language did Handel write his opera's in for his london audience and why?
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Italian, because it is what the people of london wanted even though they could not understand it.
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Concerto Grosso
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Multi movement work contrasting a small instrumental group with a larger one.
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What are the Brandenburg Concertos and how many are there?
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They are concerto grossi and there are six of them.
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Name the two major forms in which corelli composed?
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Concerto Grosso, and Trio Sonatas
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How many surviving contatas by Bach are there and what is their purpose?
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Over 200, and they were written for Lutheran Worship services.
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Who wrote Traite de L'Harmonie and why is it significant?
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Rameau, and it is the Treatise from which we derive our modern theory practices.
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What three coutries did Handel live and work as a composer?
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Germany, Italy, and England.
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What type of piece is Water Music, and what historical event did it celebrate?
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Orchestral Suite, The coronation of King George I
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What quotation does Bach put into his sacred contata's, also how many survived
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Solus Dei Gloria, Over 200, Subject of contata usually linked to the gospel of the day.
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Sonata Da Chiesa (Corelli)
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Instrumental suite of four or more abstract movements(Slow, Fast, Slow, Fast)
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Bachs musical offering
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Chamber work for flute violin and basso continuo. Many ricecare, Ends with trio sonata.
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Bach's Magnificat
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Liturgical work for full chorus and Orchestra. Italian influence , based on the text of Luke.
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Bach birthplace?
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Eisenbach, Germany
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Handel birthplace?
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Halle, Germany
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war of the buffoons
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Pamphlet war: Rameau vs. Light Italian opera (Pergolessi championed by Rousseau)
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BWV
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Abbreviation for Bach Werke-Verzeichnis
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Goldberg Variations (BACH)
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long set of 30 variations with each third variation as a canon. Written for goldberg
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Bach founded?
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Royal Academy of Music, which was an opera house.
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